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地 dì

dì noun soil; ground; land
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: As in 土地, or 地面 (CED '地' 3, 4; FE '地' 2; Kroll 2015 '地' 2, pp. 83-84)
de particle subordinate particle
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Function Words , Concept: Structural Particle 结构助词
Notes: 地 can only be placed after an adverbial adjunct. For example, 笑容满面地走进央视西门 'walked into the CCTV West Gate with a big smile [on his] face.' (VOA 2016-01-25; Kroll 2015 '地' 7, pp. 83-84)
dì noun floor
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 3, pp. 83-84)
dì proper noun the earth
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: For example, 天地玄黃 'The sky was black and earth yellow.' (CED '地' 1; FE '地' 1; Kroll 2015 '地' 1, pp. 83-84; QZW)
dì noun fields
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Agriculture
Notes: As in 天地 (FE '地' 2; CED '地' 3)
dì noun a place
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In the sense of 地方 or 地点, for example, in the idiom 因地制宜 'to accord with local customs using appropriate measures' (CCI '因地制宜'; CED '地' 8, 9; FE '地' 4; Kroll 2015 '地' 2b, pp. 83-84)
dì noun a situation; a position
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: As in 地位 (FE '地' 4; CED '地' 10)
dì noun background
Domain: Art 艺术
Notes: As in the background of a painting (CED '地' 12)
dì noun terrain
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 2c, pp. 83-84)
dì noun a territory; a region
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: As in 陆地 (CED '地' 2; FE '地' 3; Kroll 2015 '地' 2a, pp. 83-84)
dì noun used after a distance measure
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Geography
Notes: To indicate that the measure is for travel distance (CED '地' 13)
dì adjective coming from the same clan
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '地' 5, pp. 83-84)
dì noun earth; pṛthivī
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pṛthivī, or: medinī, Japanese: chi, or: ji, Tibetan: sa (BCSD '地', p. 291; Dhammajoti 2013, p. 396; Mahāvyutpatti 'medinī'; MW 'pṛthivī'; SH '地', p. 206; Unihan '地')
dì noun stage; ground; level; bhumi
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: bhūmi, Tibetan: sa, Japanese: ji; one of the ten stages of bodhisattva development into a Buddha 十地 (BCSD '地', p. 291; BL 'bhūmi', pp. 116-117; Kroll 2015 '地' 4, pp. 83-84; Powers 2007, p. 121; Tzu Chuang 2012, p. 31)

Contained in

天地仁心 Benevolent Mind of Heaven and Earth
地中 secondary buildings on monastery grounds
天地人和　日月心光 Humanity and Nature, Harmony; The Sun and Moon, Light of the Heart
三昧地 samadhi
观海明水深登山知地广(觀海明水深登山知地廣) Perceive the depth of water observing the ocean; Realize the broadness of the Earth climbing the mountains.
江山千古秀大地万年青(江山千古秀大地萬年青) A thousand years of scenic mountains and rivers; Timeless moments of green exuberance.
四大皆空; 1. 地 2. 水 3. 火 4. 风(四大皆空; 1. 地 2. 水 3. 火 4. 風) Four Great Elements: 1. earth; 2. water; 3. fire; 4. wind
十地住 ten abodes
阿吒吒地狱(阿吒吒地獄) Atata Hell
坚牢地神(堅牢地神) Prthivi; Earth Spirit
阿鼻地狱(阿鼻地獄) Avīci Hell
净地何须扫心门不用关(淨地何須掃心門不用關) Why sweep that clean ground? There is no need to close the heart's door.
动地雨花(動地雨花) to shake the earth and rain flowers
阿娑颇娜伽三摩地(阿娑頗娜伽三摩地) asphanaka-samadhi

Also contained in

灰色地带、攻城略地、整地、爹地、馆地、土地公、丽江地区、地震区、聚居地、地形图、盐碱湿地、大都市地区、钦州地区、签发地点、地堡、雪地车、地遂虚、场地、全国各地、地力、平地机、地貌、回旋余地、地区差价、长尾地鸫、老地方、天旋地转、地图、昭通地区、基地、画地为牢、地理极、分地、地下核爆炸、固原地区、摆地摊、蓦地

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Truncated for common words

Scroll 16 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 325 , has English translation
Scroll 12 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 249
Scroll 5 Vibhāṣāśāstra (Bing Po Sha Lun) 鞞婆沙論 — count: 243
Scroll 14 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 218
Scroll 15 Mahāratnakūṭasūtra (The Great Treasures Collection Sūtra) 大寶積經 — count: 215 , has English translation
Scroll 21 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 202
Scroll 4 Jin Guang Ming Zui Sheng Wang Jing Shu 金光明最勝王經疏 — count: 198
Scroll 12 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 177
Scroll 1 Commentary on the Yogācārabhūmiśāstra 瑜伽論記 — count: 169
Scroll 10 Notes on the Viṁśatikāvṛtti 成唯識論述記 — count: 168

Collocations

蹈地 (蹈地) 蹈地安隱 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 8
堕地 (墮地) 墮地行七步 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 1 — count: 7
地柔 (地柔) 其地柔濡 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 6
阎浮提地 (閻浮提地) 此閻浮提地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 5 — count: 6
地凹 (地凹) 地凹四寸 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 6
地生 (地生) 地生濡草 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 18 — count: 6
去地 (去地) 吹此大地及諸名山須彌山王去地十里 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 19 — count: 5
宅地 (宅地) 見諸大天神各封宅地 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
地肤 (地膚) 其後復有地膚出 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 22 — count: 5
地在 (地在) 夫地在水上 — Long Discourses (Chang Ahan Jing) 長阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 4